It is no secret to my friends and coworkers that I am a fan of Twilight. I would never call myself a Twi-hard, as i'm not that crazy obsessed. But I do have a special love for the series. With that said, there are a few items worth discussing.
First and foremost, as addicting as the books are, they have a severely detrimental view of what a "healthy" relationship is. In the first book, Bella find out that the boy she's attracted to (like a magnet) is in fact a vampire. On the surface, it's a cute love story about forbidden love - she wants to be with him but can't because he could kill her at any moment and he is compelled to be with her too even though he is terrified of being a monster and ending her life. In the end, they decide that their love is stronger than any of the horrid consequences of said love and choose to be together despite the odds. Happy right? What about the disease-ridden under-story? Edward essentially stalks Bella - he watches her sleep every night - and she ditches her friends and family to be with him. Granted, at one point in the story his stalking actually saves her life, but that is beside the point. What kind of message is that to the young readers? It's ok to ignore your friends, and ditch your parents if you're in love? She's 17 at this point in the story. All I have left to say about that is that I am glad I am old enough to understand how skewed the story really is.
Next on the list, Am I Team Edward or Team Jacob? While reading the books I was 100% Team Edward. Edward was MUCH more charming than in the movies and I found Jacob to be slightly annoying in the way he never took Bella seriously when she turned him down. I can't find a single example of when she verbally led him on. She was always crystal clear when speaking that she had no romantic feelings for him and had always and will always love Edward. Why did he keep trying??? But then I saw New Moon and my opinion has changed. Now I'm kind of thinking that I'm favoring Jacob. When Edward comes back into Bella's life (in the movie and worse in the book) his logic for leaving her the way he did seemed seriously lacking. "I left you because I loved you and wanted to protect you"??? C'mon. Seriously? How about:
"I left you because I was afraid that if my family was near you, you'd end up in the morgue".
That's more believable. And did he really need to lie to her and say that he didn't love her? I don't think so. I feel that adds insult to injury. So, Edward? STFU. Just go brood somewhere and look pretty until I like you again.
On a more technical level, the New Moon movie was far superior to the original Twilight movie. The cinematography was more advanced, the scenery/sets were better, and the CGI was WAY better. These I attribute to a higher budget. It's hard to make a kick-ass movie with no money, so I take Twilight with a grain of salt. It's was a cheap movie because it had to be. The acting itself, although still somewhat childish, is better in the second movie. That may be due to the change of director. All in all, I thoroghly enjoyed the New Moon movie and can't wait to see Eclipse!
I'm interested to see how they portray the action of the 3rd book (and more so the 4th book). I'm SO excited to see the wedding and Bella as a vampire. In the book, it says that Bella is a jaw-droppingly gorgeous vampire. I'm interested to see how they will change Kristen Stewart to fit that role - not to say she isn't beautiful, but her vampire beauty is supposedly "beyond real". I'm intrigued on how Renesme and Jacob will play out on screen since it was such a hard concept to grasp while reading (a man in love with a toddler??? yuck). And I really hope they make the entire thing easier on Charlie than in the book; He is such a good sport during the entire series. Bella leaves him the way her mom did in the first movie, then acts like nothing happened. She is catatonic for months in the second movie but acts like everything is fine and dandy the second Edward returns to her life. The third movie she gets married at 18. The fourth she gets knocked up and made immortal. If I did this to my father (if it were even remotely possible) I feel like I would be locked away and never trusted again. Actually, when you put it that way, Bella sounds a little mental! But thats neither here nor there. Regardless, Charlie deserves some credit. In short, There is much to look forward to. I just hope they end up making the last movie. It would seem silly not to at this point. Its such a cash cow!
I'm sure I will add more on the topic once I stew a little more! Until then, I'm always interested to hear what others have to say about it :)
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